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SLEEPING CAR. No. 401,711. Patented Apr. 16, 1889..

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THOMAS WV. MOORE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS XV. MOORE, JR., OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,711, dated April 16, 1889. Application led October 22, 1888. Serial No. 288,851. (No model.)

To all whom, it mag/benoemt:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1o it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the contrivances of berths and seats, and partitions designed more especially for providing a private dressingcloset for each berth, with economy of space and simplicity of arrangements, as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which-` Figure 1 is a front elevation of one berthsection an d part of another, showing the closet 2o and the upper berth in position for use in full. lines,.and the lower berth in the same position in dotted lines, also showing the latter folded up for the seat in full lines in the complete berth-section, and also showing the closet contrivances folded for day use in the partsection. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the upper berth on line com, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the lower berth on line fg y, Fig. l. Fig. A is a 3o vertical. transverse section on line .e e, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view of some of the parts in a modified arrangement. Fig. 6 is a front elevation-of the modification shown in Fig. 5.

The upper berth, a., is hinged to the side of 3 5 the car-body at b, to be swung up and down and suspended by chains c, substantially the same as at present arranged; but the lower berth is made in two parts, d and c, which are hinged together at f, and part d, which is 4o about twice as long as part e, is hinged at g to the side of the car and to the stationary seat-back frame 7i, and the seat fr' is hinged at j to the under side of the part d of the lower berth, and has jointed front legs, 7c, and arms Z, to enable it to shift lower, as indicated in dotted lines f', when the berth is adjusted to the position for use in which it is also reprented in dotted lines, Fig. 1,Where it is supported on the pivots g and on the legs vn and 5o o, jointed to its parts, respectively. The part d of the lower berth, turned upright to dispose of it when not to be used as a berth, with the part c, hanging down from the upper end at the rear side, as shown in full linges in Fig.

1, serves at the other side for the seat-back, and from the lower end of part e hangs a canvas web, p, buttoned or buckled thereto and fastened to the lower end of part d, by which the bedclothes q, placed on the upper side of the part CZ of the berth before it is turned up, 6o are retained while the seat is in use in the space under part c of the berth and between part CZ and the permanent partition s, separating the berth-section under consideration from the next. This partition is, except when modified as hereinafter described, made the full width of the berth as high as the top of the lower berth when folded up, but for the rest of its height it is only half of that width, being offset to point t, Figs. 2, 3, and i, and'7c when the berths are made up a removable part is put on, same as in the common arrangement, to completely separate the berthsections. There is also a permanent screen,

u, (dotted in Fig. 1 and in full line, Fig. 3,) 7 5 set up in front of where the lower berth folds up to conceal it and the bedclothes packed on it. rlhis screen also extends a little beyond partition s to conceal the stand o (described farther on) when it is folded up, as 8o shown at the right hand of Fig. l and at both ends of Fig. 3.

The berth-sections are made a little longer than usual in the common arrangements for the purpose of providing dressing-closets, so that the occupant of each berth may have one to himself privately, as the space w for the lower berth and .fr for the upperberth. These are located in the space provided for between the ends of the berths and partition s by the 9o eXtra length of the sections, and one in front of the other, as considered from the center aisle. Closet w entered from the end of the lower berth back of closet fr, and closet a* is entered from the center aisle behind the curtain, also from the end of the upper berth in front of closet n', the occupant standing on the stand t', before referred to, and having its basin y high on a shelf, e, over closet w, affording wash-room for the upper occupant roe eIO and allowing the lower one room under it while using his basin c', which is placed at the usual height from the vfloor on shelf h3; but the lower occupant also utilizes part of his berth-space for standing-room by turning section e of the lower berth back over section d, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l and full lines, Fig. 3. Both are concealed behind the curtain to be hung along the center aisle, as usual, and they are separated from each other by the three-part folding partition b, c', and d', of which part b is, except when modified as hereinafter described, hinged to the permanent partition S, coincident with the front edge, 2i, of the offset upperpart, and

parts c and d are hinged to the free edgeof part b', part c extending from the floor to the upper berth, and part d extending from the top of c to the same height as part b', which is to the shelf z, on which the basin y for the upper berth rests when said shelf, which is hinged at e to the side of the car, is swung down to the position for use, as in Figs. l and 2. Vhen extended for use of the closets, part b of the folding partition divides the closet-spaces w from each other from the iioor to the upper basin-shelf, part c separates closet-space @c from the berth-space up to the upper berth, and part d separates closetspace w from the berth-space from the upper berth to the shelf ,a for the upper basin. When the folding partition is closed up, it folds back against stationary partition s, as represented in Figs. 1,2, and 3, or shifts back against the side of the car, as shown dotted in Fig. 5, the basinwd and its shelf h being then folded up into the recess f in partition s, to which said shelf is hinged at g', so as to fold in iiush with the side of partition s to allow the folding partition to close against it,

-as in Figs. 1,. 2, and 3, or slide past it, as in Fig. 5. The recess f for reception of basin a when so folded up is projectedinto the space under the inclined berth of the next section, when it is folded up forV the seat-back, as represented at the right hand of Fig. l. The bottom of this recess constitutes a gutter, j, for reception of the waste water from the discharging-spout 7o of the basin, which is so adjusted relatively to the gutter, and the gutter has such breadth, that the swing of the shelf does not shift the mouth of the pipe out of position for discharging into the gutter. A similar gutter, Z', is provided to catch the water from basin y, and both have a suitable waste-pipe, m', to discharge the waste water through the bottom of the car.

The water is to be supplied to the basins from a reservoir at any convenient place through faucets n', which may be mounted on the side of the car, the one for the lower basin being so as to swing close against the side out of the way of the basin when it swings up, as shown in Fig. 3. l

The faucet for the upper basin need not of necessity be made to swing, as that basin swings up toward the faucet only to an inclined position like the upper berth, so that there is plenty of room behind the basin for the rigidly-proj ecting faucet.

The side of the car is preferably offset outwardly at o to extend the closet-space for a little more room in that direction; but it is not essential. The stand fu is used for elevating the occupant of the upper berth to a more convenient position relatively to the berth than on the floor and to enable him to use the wash-basin located in the only available space for it over the lower closet. Said standis hinged to the wide part of partition 3, and its parts are suitably jointed for folding together and swinging up against the side of said partition behind screen u to displace and conceal it and make room for a removable folding chair-seat, p', to be used for the other seat of the section. These chairs will be packed in the porters closet or other suitable place at night. While it is preferred to have the upper basin fold up against the side of the car, as I have represented it, it may be allowed to remain in the position for use without being very objectionable because of being located so high as to be out of the way at all times.

The modification before referred to consists of mounting the part b on the stationary partition s, so as to slide back against the side of the car and into the offset o, when the side is so offset, instead of hinging it to said partition, as an other equivalent way of disposing of said folding partition when the berths are folded up, and I include either arrangement in my claim. In this case I only make the partition s the height of the folded-up lower berth the whole breadth of said partition, instead of making an offset and extending part to the top ofthe car, and will use a correspondingly wider removable part-such as now commonly used to complete said partition when making up the berths. To so mount the folding partition for sliding back to the side of the car,-I have in this case tted a slide, g2, on the top of partition s and another, t', in the side of said partition near the bottom, or it may be in the car-floor, and have attached the edge of part b to said slides instead of hinging it to partition s, as in the other case; but other ways of mounting the said folding partition for shifting back to the side of the car may, of course, be employed.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other by the folding partition Z9', located between them and connected to said stationary partition, wit-h the entrance to the rear closet from the end and rear part of the lower berth, substantially as described.

2. In a berth-section of Va sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet IOO I'IO

for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other by the folding partition b', located between them and connected to said stationary partition, with the entrance to the rear closet from the end and rear part of the lower berth, in combination with the jointed lower berth folding backward from said entrance, substantially as described.

3. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated frorn the lower berth by the folding partition b c', jointed together and connected to said stationary partition, subst-antially as described.

4. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated froin the lower berth by the folding partition b c', jointed together and connected to said stationary partition, in combination with the folding basin-stand for the front closet, located over the rear closet and the folding stand in said front closet, substantially as described.

5. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, the front closet separated from the lower berth, and the rear closet separated from the upper berth up to the .basinstand of the front closet by the folding partition b, c', and d, jointed together and connected to said stationary partition, substantially as described.-

G. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated from the lower berth by the folding partition b c', jointed together and connected to the stationary partition, in combination with the basinshelf in the rear closet folding into the recess of the stationary partition clear of the folding` partition when folded, substantially as described.

7. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated froin the lower berth by the folding partition b c', jointed together and connected to the stationary partition, in combination with the basinshelf of the front closet, located over the rear closet, substantially as described.

8. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated from the lower berth by the folding partition b c', jointed together and connected to the stationary partition, in combination with the basinshelf in the rear closet folding into the recess of the stationary partition clear of the folding partition, and the basin-shelf of the front closet located over the rear closet, substantially as described.

9. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, a private closet for each berth thereof, located between one end of the berths and the stationary partition at the end of the section and separated from each other, and the front closet separated from the lower berth by the folding-partition b c', jointed together and connected to said stationary partition, in combination with the lower berth having the folding sections cl e and being supported on the pivot-joint g to fold up and forni a seat-back at the opposite end of the berth-section, substantially as described.

10. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car, the lower berth having the folding sections CZ e and being support-ed on the pivots g to fold up against the stationarypartition Sand form a seat-back, substantially as described.

ll. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car having upper and lower berths, the lower berth having the folding sections d e, and the seat t', jointed to the lower side of section d and having jointed legs 'and arms, and said section supported on pivots g to fold up against partition s and forni a back to the seat 1I, substantially as described.

l2. The combination of the clothes-holding web p with the folding bed consisting of section d, supported on pivots g to fold upright thereon and having section e jointed to one end to fold over on it, said web being attached to the downwardly-folding end of section d and to the lower end of section e to form a clothes-sack, substantially as described.

13. In a berth-section of a sleeping-car, the combination of the clothes-holding web p with the lower berth having the folding sections d e and supported on pivots f, and with the sta` tionary partition s, said berth being arranged to fold up against said partition for a seatback, substantially-as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS WV. MOORE.

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